Patents by Inventor Stephen Sposato
Stephen Sposato has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10733680Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for addressing a problem in a network using social media are disclosed. For example, the method receives social media data, analyzes the social media data to detect a trend for a service provided by the communication network, wherein the trend indicates a problem with the service, correlates an operational parameter of the communication network providing the service to the problem with the service and adjusts the operational parameter of the communication network to address the problem.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Mark Brady, Zhengye Liu, Stephen A. Sposato, Jin Wang, Xidong Wu
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Patent number: 10491957Abstract: A set-top box device includes a network interface module and a client interface module. The network interface module is configured to receive interactive content instructions and an interactive content notification over an Internet protocol data connection, and to receive an associated on-demand content video stream from a television service provider. The network interface module is also configured to connect to a website containing product information for a product associated with the on-demand content video stream. The client interface module is configured to output the on-demand content video stream, to output the interactive content notification concurrently with the on-demand content video stream in response to outputting a portion of the on-demand content video stream and based on the interactive content instructions, and to output the website currently with the on-demand content video stream in response to a selection of the interactive content notification.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Stephen A. Sposato, Orestis Manthoulis
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Publication number: 20190228476Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for addressing a problem in a network using social media are disclosed. For example, the method receives social media data, analyzes the social media data to detect a trend for a service provided by the communication network, wherein the trend indicates a problem with the service, correlates an operational parameter of the communication network providing the service to the problem with the service and adjusts the operational parameter of the communication network to address the problem.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Mark Brady, Zhengye Liu, Stephen A. Sposato, Jin Wang, Xidong Wu
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Patent number: 10249008Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for addressing a problem in a network using social media are disclosed. For example, the method receives social media data, analyzes the social media data to detect a trend for a service provided by the communication network, wherein the trend indicates a problem with the service, correlates an operational parameter of the communication network providing the service to the problem with the service and adjusts the operational parameter of the communication network to address the problem.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Mark Brady, Zhengye Liu, Stephen A. Sposato, Jin Wang, Xidong Wu
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Patent number: 10181135Abstract: A method and apparatus for presenting advertisements is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having an inspection element that monitors packet traffic associated with an end user, and determines a behavioral profile of the end user from the monitored packet traffic, a publisher element that detects an end user visiting a website managed thereby, and generates an advertisement request associated with the website, and advertisement element that selects one or more advertisements according to the behavioral profile of the end user, and submits said one or more advertisements to the publisher element for presentation thereof to the end user. Additional embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2006Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Canhui Ou, J. Bradley Bridges, Charles R. Kalmanek, Raghvendra G. Savoor, Albert G. Greenberg, Stephen Sposato, Zhi Li, Jerold Osato, Alexandre Gerber, Oliver Spatscheck, Sun-Uk Park
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Patent number: 9860579Abstract: A system for targeted advertising is disclosed having with a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having a computer program stored therein, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to map each of N channel numbers to the new and unique channel number at a set top box when a subscriber selects one of the N channel numbers, wherein each of the N channel numbers is the same in each of the K advertising groups, and wherein each of the N channel numbers is mapped to a different new channel number in each of the K advertising groups.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: David Small, Canhui Ou, Raghvendra Savoor, Stephen A. Sposato
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Patent number: 9838895Abstract: A method includes receiving a packet stream at a gateway device, the gateway device coupled to a component of a content distribution system. The method also includes transmitting, from the gateway device, a wireless signal that carries data corresponding to at least a portion of the packet stream to a first device. The wireless signal is transmitted in a wireless coverage area that includes a second device configured to receive and analyze the wireless signal to produce of an assessment of the content distribution system.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Mark Brady, Stephen Sposato, Jin Wang, Xidong Wu
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Publication number: 20170311043Abstract: A set-top box device includes a network interface module and a client interface module. The network interface module is configured to receive interactive content instructions and an interactive content notification over an Internet protocol data connection, and to receive an associated on-demand content video stream from a television service provider. The network interface module is also configured to connect to a website containing product information for a product associated with the on-demand content video stream. The client interface module is configured to output the on-demand content video stream, to output the interactive content notification concurrently with the on-demand content video stream in response to outputting a portion of the on-demand content video stream and based on the interactive content instructions, and to output the website currently with the on-demand content video stream in response to a selection of the interactive content notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Stephen A. Sposato, ORESTIS MANTHOULIS
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Patent number: 9736543Abstract: A set-top box device includes a network interface module and a client interface module. The network interface module is configured to receive interactive content instructions and an interactive content notification over an Internet protocol data connection, and to receive an associated on-demand content video stream from a television service provider. The network interface module is also configured to connect to a website containing product information for a product associated with the on-demand content video stream. The client interface module is configured to output the on-demand content video stream, to output the interactive content notification concurrently with the on-demand content video stream in response to outputting a portion of the on-demand content video stream and based on the interactive content instructions, and to output the website currently with the on-demand content video stream in response to a selection of the interactive content notification.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Stephen A. Sposato, Orestis Manthoulis
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Patent number: 9350725Abstract: A method includes identifying, at a security device of a secured wireless network, a wireless-enabled device that is not authorized to access the secured wireless network. The method also includes sending an access request message directed to a messaging address in response to identifying the wireless-enabled device. The access request message includes information that identifies the wireless-enabled device includes a first selectable option to allow access to the secured wireless network without requiring user input of a network password associated with the secured wireless network via the wireless-enabled device. The access request message also and includes a second selectable option to deny access to the secured wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Stephen Sposato, Kevin Meng, Cheng-Hong Hu
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Publication number: 20150358842Abstract: A method includes receiving a packet stream at a gateway device, the gateway device coupled to a component of a content distribution system. The method also includes transmitting, from the gateway device, a wireless signal that carries data corresponding to at least a portion of the packet stream to a first device. The wireless signal is transmitted in a wireless coverage area that includes a second device configured to receive and analyze the wireless signal to produce of an assessment of the content distribution system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Mark Brady, Stephen Sposato, Jin Wang, Xidong Wu
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Patent number: 9161082Abstract: A method includes determining a data capacity of a first network device of a plurality of network devices that provide content to a set-top box device. In response to the data capacity satisfying a first threshold and a second threshold, sending a first command to the first network device. The first command instructs the first network device to store media content associated with a particular channel corresponding to a predicted channel change request at the first network device. In response to the data capacity satisfying the first threshold and failing to satisfy the second threshold, sending a second command to the first network device and sending a third command to a second network device. The third command instructs the second network device to store the media content associated with the particular channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Canhui Ou, Raghvendra Savoor, Stephen A. Sposato, Russell B. Bellford, Mung Chiang, Zhi Li
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Publication number: 20150289026Abstract: A set-top box device includes a network interface module and a client interface module. The network interface module is configured to receive interactive content instructions and an interactive content notification over an Internet protocol data connection, and to receive an associated on-demand content video stream from a television service provider. The network interface module is also configured to connect to a website containing product information for a product associated with the on-demand content video stream. The client interface module is configured to output the on-demand content video stream, to output the interactive content notification concurrently with the on-demand content video stream in response to outputting a portion of the on-demand content video stream and based on the interactive content instructions, and to output the website currently with the on-demand content video stream in response to a selection of the interactive content notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Stephen A. Sposato, Orestis Manthoulis
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Patent number: 9143962Abstract: A method includes receiving a packet stream via a wireless signal from a device of a wireless information delivery system. The method includes determining wireless signal data associated with the wireless signal during a particular time interval, determining packet stream data associated with the packet stream during the particular time interval, and analyzing the wireless signal data and the packet stream data to produce an assessment of at least a portion of the wireless information delivery system.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Mark Brady, Stephen Sposato, Jin Wang, Xidong Wu
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Patent number: 9094477Abstract: A set-top box device includes a network interface module and a client interface module. The network interface module is configured to receive interactive content instructions and an interactive content notification over an Internet protocol data connection, and to receive an associated on-demand content video stream from a television service provider. The network interface module is also configured to connect to a website containing product information for a product associated with the on-demand content video stream. The client interface module is configured to output the on-demand content video stream, to output the interactive content notification concurrently with the on-demand content video stream in response to outputting a portion of the on-demand content video stream and based on the interactive content instructions, and to output the website currently with the on-demand content video stream in response to a selection of the interactive content notification.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Orestis Manthoulis, Stephen A. Sposato
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Publication number: 20150208110Abstract: A system for targeted advertising is disclosed having with a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having a computer program stored therein, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to map each of N channel numbers to the new and unique channel number at a set top box when a subscriber selects one of the N channel numbers, wherein each of the N channel numbers is the same in each of the K advertising groups, and wherein each of the N channel numbers is mapped to a different new channel number in each of the K advertising groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: David Small, Canhui Ou, Raghvendra Savoor, Stephen Sposato
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Publication number: 20150170293Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for addressing a problem in a network using social media are disclosed. For example, the method receives social media data, analyzes the social media data to detect a trend for a service provided by the communication network, wherein the trend indicates a problem with the service, correlates an operational parameter of the communication network providing the service to the problem with the service and adjusts the operational parameter of the communication network to address the problem.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: MARK BRADY, Zhengye Liu, Stephen A. Sposato, Jin Wang, Xidong Wu
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Patent number: 8997144Abstract: A method is disclosed for monitoring data packet traffic in a communication network for at least two of a plurality of subscriber devices associated with a subscriber; developing a holistic subscriber profile for the subscriber based on the monitored data packet traffic; selecting advertisement data for a current one of the plurality of subscriber devices based on the holistic subscriber profile and sending the selected advertising data to the current subscriber device. A system is disclosed for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed for use in performing the method.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: David Small, Canhui Ou, Raghvendra Savoor, Stephen Sposato
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Publication number: 20140304788Abstract: A method includes identifying, at a security device of a secured wireless network, a wireless-enabled device that is not authorized to access the secured wireless network. The method also includes sending an access request message directed to a messaging address in response to identifying the wireless-enabled device. The access request message includes information that identifies the wireless-enabled device includes a first selectable option to allow access to the secured wireless network without requiring user input of a network password associated with the secured wireless network via the wireless-enabled device. The access request message also and includes a second selectable option to deny access to the secured wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Stephen Sposato, Kevin Meng, Cheng-Hong Hu
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Patent number: 8813194Abstract: A particular method includes receiving a request to access a secured wireless local network at a security device of the secured wireless local network from a wireless-enabled device that is not authorized to access the secured wireless local network when the request is received. The method includes receiving identification information from the wireless-enabled device at the security device. The method also includes automatically sending an access request message from the security device to at least one messaging address. The access request message provides a recipient of the access request message with at least a portion of the identification information and a selectable option to allow the wireless-enabled device access to the secured wireless local network without requiring user input of a network password associated with the secured wireless local network via the wireless-enabled device.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Stephen Sposato, Kevin Meng, Cheng-Hong Hu